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If you plan to install two eSATAII devices to this motherboard, you need to

enable both the top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield. In order to

enable the top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield, you have to

connect the red SATAII connector (SATAII_RED; see p.11 No.13) and the red

eSATAII connector (eSATAII_BOTTOM; see p.11 No.34) with a SATA data

cable first, and then connect the orange SATAII connector (SATAII_ORANGE;

see p.14 No.14) and the orange eSATAII connector (eSATAII_TOP; see p.11

No.35) with another SATA data cable. After that, both the top and the bottom

eSATAII ports of the I/O shield are enabled.

Connect the SATA

data cables to both

red SATAII connector

(SATAII_RED (PORT2))

and orange SATAII

connector (SATAII_

ORANGE (PORT3))

Please make sure to correctly connect the SATAII and eSATAII connectors

with corresponding color so that the eSATAII function will work successfully.

Use the eSATAII device cable to connect eSATAII device and the eSATAII port

of the I/O shield according to the eSATAII connector that you connect the

SATA data cable.

Connect one end of the eSATAII

device cable to eSATAII device

Connect the SATA

data cables to both

red eSATAII connector

(eSATAII_BOTTOM)

and orange eSATAII

connector (eSATAII_TOP)

Connect the other end of the eSATAII

device cable to eSATAII port of the I/O

shield

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